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Omaha Hi-Lo (also known as Omaha 8 or better) is frequently seen as one of the most complex but favored poker games. It is a game that, even more than regular Omaha poker, aims for action from every level of players. This is the primary reason why a once irrelevant game, has grown in popularity so amazingly.

Omaha/8 starts just like a normal game of Omaha. Four cards are handed out to each player. A round of betting follows where gamblers can wager, check, or fold. 3 cards are handed out, this is called the flop. A further sequence of betting ensues. After all the players have in turn called or dropped out, another card is revealed on the turn. a further sequence of wagering ensues at which point the river card is revealed. The entrants will need to make the best high and low five card hands using the board and hole cards.

This is the point where a few entrants can get baffled. Unlike Texas Holdem, where the board can be every player’s hand, in Omaha hi/low the player must utilize exactly three cards on the board, and exactly two cards from their hand. Not a single card more, no less. Contrary to normal Omaha, there are two ways a pot might be won: the "higher hand" or the "low hand."

A high hand is just how it sounds. It’s the strongest possible hand out of every player’s, regardless if it is a straight, flush, full house, etc. It is the same notion in nearly all poker games.

A lower hand is more complicated, but really free’s up the play. When determining a low hand, straights and flushes don’t count. A low hand is the weakest hand that could be put together, with the lowest being A-2-3-4-5. Seeing as straights and flushes don’t count, A-2-3-4-5 is the lowest value hand possible. The low hand is any five card hand (unpaired) with an 8 and smaller. The lower hand takes half of the pot, as just like the higher hand. When there is no lower hand presented, the higher hand takes the entire pot.

While it seems complex initially, after a few rounds you will be able to get the fundamental subtleties of play with ease. Seeing as you have players betting for the low and wagering for the high, and seeing as so many cards are in play, Omaha hi/low offers an exciting assortment of betting possibilities and seeing that you have many players battling for the high, as well as many shooting for the low. If you like a game with all kinds of outs and actions, it’s not a waste of your time to compete in Omaha 8 or better.